In my way of my heart, I thought that this would be the time to show the way I love poetry so much, so I decided to write an all-poetry book with love sonnets. This book expresses my love that I have inside of me. The love that I want to give and have. Some are dark, inspiring, funny, and memorable. I speak in the words that my heart felt and that my mind could express. Some poems are even fictional but all from my heart. So please let this book touch your heart, like my heart felt when she poured out.

This book is a Compilation of most of my poems and saved for posterity. This is Volume One, with Volume Two to follow.

A book of Romantic Poetry

Ben Diaz, (who writes under the nom de plume of Natureboy) and his family, live in a small community called Goodrich in the state of Michigan. Writing has been an ongoing hobby since he was an adolescent. He enjoys the power of words and the feelings that they can evoke. Ben (or Natureboy as he likes to say) writes poetry and the romance genre is what he enjoys writing about the most. He attributes much of his poetry to life experiences and a day dreaming reverie which often draws him into love poems. Ben has taken several classes in Creative Writing at local community colleges. It is at that time he started really honing his poetic writing skills. Free Verse is very evident in his style of writing. Over the years, he has rebuffed many humorous remarks about how he signed his poetry as Natureboy/Ben Diaz. Natureboy has become his accepted signature on his poetry, and he signs it that way, with a humble acceptance of how he sees himself. He enjoys handcycling and finding ways to exercise in his wheelchair which is an ongoing challenge to him.

The Holy Convergence And Other Poems is a collection of poems combining various themes, merging ideas and unifying characters. Each poem is different from the other in style and form expressing myriad emotions from spiritual to corporeal existence of human beings. The book is a vivid document of confluence and converging of cultures and interests of human civilization. It has virtually crossed the geographical and historical boundaries from ancient to modern and transcends the path of surreal Greco-Roman mythology and down to the pandemic ridden world of hard reality. The readers will definitely find the poetries soothing, motivational and inspirational with a touch of healing. At the end romanticism with both of our pleasant fantasy and harsh reality has been aptly penned down by the poet.

Leila Ziari’s first collection of poetry invites readers into a world of transformative love. Dedicated to and inspired by Bob Dylan, these one hundred and eleven poems reveal the bliss, pain, expansion, longing and ecstasy of eternal love. Earthly and ethereal, timely and timeless. Just as Ziari chronicles her own metamorphosis, she invites the reader to be inspired, uplifted, healed, and renewed. Through her bold confession of passionate devotion, Ziari dissects the very essence of love and the whirlwind of emotions therein. It is her vulnerability that allow for such immersion, reminding readers that those we love are part of our spirits and have been embedded in our souls since the beginning of time. While she hints at deep scars, this poet never wallows. Her transcendent poetry reaches beyond. Ziari shows us what we know but so often forget - the evolutionary and revolutionary power of love.

Flames of Desire: Love Poetry, is a collection of poems written for one man's muse, Aliona. The book expresses the deep emotion experienced by all those who have the capacity to love deeply. The book is a journey into a love affair that is timeless.

There are almost as many definitions and different sorts of love as there are poets. Edited on the assumption that any poem which speaks of one human's desire for another is a qualifying factor, THE NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF LOVE POETRY is a rich and diverse anthology which ranges through time and fashion. Passion, urgency, simplicity, heartbreak and renunciation are all here in a volume that superbly represents 'man's changeless responses to the changeless changing seasons of his heart'.

With much exuberant joy, I present the second volume of LOVE INTO POETRY, a book of many wonderful memories for me, of my very wonderful, dear Mother, the late Patty S. Gallucci. These poems are what God has inspired me to write for my own mother, for holidays and special occasions. ..I remember when I would write them, I just couldnt wait for the big day to come, to give them to her. Sometimes, I would even think of excuses to talk her into reading them before the special day they were designated for. I always had appropriate stickers to go with each individual poem, and Mother couldnt get over how adorably and beautifully the pages of poetry were decorated. When I asked Mother what she would like for me to title the group of poems I had written especially for her, instantaneously, she replied, LOVE INTO POETRY. So, LOVE INTO POETRY it is. Volume 1 of LOVE INTO POETRY consists of Mothers Day poems for Mothers and some for grandmothers and many more of various subjects. All of the poems in this book are selected ones that other mothers could possibly relate to, coming from their children. So..HAPPY READING, and I wish everyone, (especially Mothers), who reads this poetrylyrical poetic pleasure, beautiful inspiration, and Motherly enjoyment.